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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
HANGED BY A SINGLE HAIR.

An explanation of the hanging of the
murderer, Wasielewsky, at San Jose by
means of a single hair is as follows: The
gaIlows trap on which the condemned
stood had double doors, swinging from the
center to both sides. These doors, constitu-
ting the trap, were held in position so as
to form a part of the platform of the gal
lows by a spring bolt. This bolt was
sprung, thus opening the manweighted
trap, by the falling of a fourteen-pound
weight. This weight was suspended by a
small cord, which anne up to the rail on
the gallows back of the condemned. The
cord, instead Of being at once and simply
fastened, was wound around a "barrel."
This ''barrel" was lying in a horizontal po-
sition, parallel with the rail, and ZELDA few
inches above it by upright supports ateith-
er end. The cord holding the weight was
wound around the barrel until the resist
ing power of the friction almost held the
weight. This "almost" was arrived at by
previous experiments, until it was re-
duced to such a fine point that the addi'
tional strength of a single hair was enough
to suspend the weight; or more properly,
prevent the cord from slipping. One end
of the hair was fastened to the cord and
the other end to a screw driven in the bar
rel. When the hair was cut the cord slip
ped around the barrel, the f~ourteen-pound
weight dropped ten feet, springing the
trap-bolt, and Waielewsky shot through
the opening.
1t is said that Judge Belden, who tried
Wasielesky, suggested this peculiar scheme
of retributive justice, but the details were
worked out by Sheriff Branham. The
hair which was used came from a lock Of
the murdered Woman's hair-San Fran.
cisco Bulletin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
PIGMIES OF AFRICA.

Herodotus speaks of the pigmies as a
race of little men and women living III
Africa. Since that day travellers have
brought back from that continent reports
of such people being seen or heard OF in
the interior. Of late it has been the fash
ion to discredit Heroditus, and all writer's
who repeat or corroborate his stories. AS
it happens, however, a German explorer,
DR.. Wolff, proves that the early writer's
were correctly Informed.
He has found in the country along a
south branch of the Congo, whole villages
of tiny men and women of a height not
more than four feet and seven inches.
They are known as Batua. Their villages,
consisting of huts, are met with in clear
ings in the forests, which cover the great
er part Of the country.
Among their neighbors the Batua are
regarded. as little benevolent beings,
whose mission it is to provide the tribes
among whom they live with game and
palm wine. In exchange, maize and ba-
nanas are given to the pigmies. These
happy relations between the little people
and their neighbors will remind the read
er of the way in which the fairies and
brownies used to be looked upon by our
ancestors. ."
The Batua excel in the art of climbing
palm trees to collect the sap, and in setting
traps for game. Their agility is almost in
credible. In hunting, they bound through
the high grass like ~grasshoppers, and face
the elephant, antelope and buffalo with
the greatest boldness, shooting their ar
rows with rare precision, and following up
quickly with a stroke of the lance
Youths Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
GOVERNMENT TESTS.
THE ROYAL BAKING POWDER DECLARED SU
PERIOR TO ALL OTHERS.

The fact that Royal Baking Powder is, in
to the public has been established beyond
question.
Prof. H.. A.. Mott, when employed by the
u. S. Government to analyze the various bak-
ing powders of the market to determine which
extended investigation, reported in favor of
the Royal, and it was adopted for government
use.
Prof. Mott has continued his examinations
Of baking powders sold at the present day,
and now afirms it as his deliberate judgment,
arrived at after most thorough research and a
careful examination of the principal brands
of the market, that the Royal is undoubtedly
the purest and most reliable baking powder
offered to the public. Prof. Mott, in his recent
report, says:
''The Royal Baking Powder is absolutely
pure, for I have so found it in many tests
made both for that company and the o.. S.
Government.
IT will 60 still further and state that, be-
cause of the facilities that the company have
for obtaining perfectly pure cream of tartar,
and for other reasons dependent upon the
proper proportions of the same, and the
method of its preparation, the Royal Baking
Powder is undoubtedly the purest and most
reliable baking powder offered to the public.
DIR. HENRY A.. MOTT, PH.D."
Late U. S. Government Chemist.
july 6 p 1t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

THE USE OF MANURE.-A correspond
ent of the Mirror and Farmer says : When
I commenced farming for myself some
thirteen years ago, I used to make a Prac,
tice of blowing under the manure. but l
was not satisfied with the result, 80 l com
menced to experiment for myoWn benefit.
I found out that twenty loads of manure
spread on top of the furrow and thorough
" worked in the soil, was as good as
double that amount plowed under, as it
did not seem to be much benefit until 1t
was plowed again and turned on top of the
ground and worked in with the soil. Ma
nure plowed under does not come in con-
tact with grain, roots or potatoes, as gen.
eral thing. The strength of the manure
will not come up to the roots, bat If 1t IL
spread on top the moisture of the ground
and the rain will leach the manure, it
will mix with the soil and will bringextra
results. BY this method n can pillow the
land in the fall and can haul and apply
the manure afterthe ground is frozen, even
when the snow is on the ground, by using
sticks so as to tell where you leave of: If it
should snow. Manure madein the winter
can be hauled before the ground is bare,
and by so doing you save lots OF time,
which with the farmer is money.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
ABOUT A MORTGAGE.

The editor of the Santa Anna Standard,
having just succeeded in paying a mort
gage on his ranch in Orangethrope, re-
joices in the full ownership of "6l acres
of as fine land as California boasts" His
experience with the "dead pledge":-noW
so happily past-moves him to wise re-
Elections. as follows: "a mortgage is a
queer institution. 1t makes a man rustic
and keeps him poor. 1t is a strong in
centive to action, and a wholesome re-
minder of the feeting months and years.
1t is fully as symbolical in it's meeting as
the h%our-glass and scythe, that represent
death. A mortgage also represents ndus-
try, because it is never idle and never
rests. 1t is like a bosom friend, because
the greater the adversely the closer 1t
sticks to a fellow. 1t is like a brave SOL
dier-it neve hesitates at charges nor
fears to close in on the enemy. 1t is like
the sand-bag of the thug-silent in appli-
cation, but deadly in effect. 1t is like the
hand of providence-it spreads all over
the creation, and its influence is every
where visible. 1t is like the grasp OF a
devil-fsh-the longer it holds, the greater
its strength. 1t will exercise feeble ener-
gies and lend activity to a sluggish brain,
but no matter how hard the debtors work,
the mortgage works harder still. A mort
gage is agood thihgto have in the family.
provided always 1t is in somebody else's
family. 1t is like q ~boil-alWays a good
thing on some other fellow. 1t a one
sour, cross, unsociable and miserable, and
rarely does him any good, only to exer-
else him. In that respect it is equal to
Vigor of Life, or the latest patent medl-
cine. We've had our last one as far as we
know ourself. We would rather have the
ague than have a mortgage. Adieu, old
death pail, a fond adieu."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
INTER-STATES LIFE ASSOCIATION,
STANTON. VA.
NJ. ERSKINE MILLER, President.
G.. T.. COOKE. Secretary.

GEORGE c.. JORDAN, General Agent.
yTlHE immense amount of Life Insurance
carried in this country makes it of National
importance that heads Of families should be
able to secure it as cheaply as possible consls-
tent with safety. Especially is this necessary
for the millions of men in moderate clrcum-
stances, who must earn their living by hard
knocks and in the face of a competition that is
becoming kcener and sharper every day.
If life insurance is not safe it is not worth
carrying, and if it is too costly, the men who
most need it cannot carry it ALL How to make
it both safe and cheap is the problem of the
day, and he who solves it will have done a
great and patriotic service for his fellow men.
The Old Line Companies are certainly safe
when honestly managed, but their rates are
such an amount as would provide for a family,
while the great mass of men, and those, too,
whose families most need protection, are COM
PEELED to 60 without insurance, or seek it i'll
the assessment companies or secret orders.
The fact that these cheaper institutions are to-
day furnishing more insurance than all the Old
Line companies combined, shows how eager
ure the mass of citizens for insurance that Is
within reach of their means. While these
orders and corporations are furnishing insur-
ance cheap enough, yet, at best, they can only
be looked upon as temporary expedlents and
not altogether satisfactory. But 1t is plain,
that somewhere between the old line and as
sessment plans there must be a middle ground,
"AASA
parties.
THE INTER-STATES LIFE ASSOC1A-
TION of Staunton, Va, has sought earnestly
and honestly to find this middle ground. In
this search they have, at large expense, con-
suited and employed the foremost actuaries
and insurance experts in this country, and up
on their recommendation have adopted a line
of rates which Is entirely safe, and yet, is in
the reach Of every thrifty and industrious man
who desires to protect his family against his
death.
To ascertain this safe rate, they added to the
actual death cost experienced by the old line
companies an ample reserve, and then a rea-
sonable amount for expenses and profits, but
so limited as to compel economical manage
ment. So plain and fair and popular are its
methods that over three millions of business
was lone in the first eight months work. It's
rates are fixed, and must be paid, deaths or no
deaths, but are divided into two, four, or six
payments a year, as may best suit the con-
v%enience of the applicant.
Active Agents wanted in South Carolina.
For further particulars, call or send address
to JAS. D. PICKARD, Manager,
Columbia, s. G.
January IL tt p
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
USEFUL HINTS FOR THE CARE OF THE HEALT]

USEFUL HINTS FOR THE CARE Of THE HEALTH.
A good illustration of the changes of
temperature to which the body may be SUBJ
ject in a briefinterval may be found on any
warm day in early summer when a strong
north or easterly wind is blowing.
On such a day an individual sitting in
the full blaze of the sun, n we'll shelter
ed from the wind, may feel positively
shot" while another, equally well pro-
tected from the wind, but sheltered also
from the sun, may feel but comfortably
warm a third exposed to the blast of wind,
to the rapid passage over the body of a
cooler air, may reasonably complain of be-
ing chilled.
Now it so happens that the disorders
that depend upon what is known as catch
ing cold depend for the most part upon
sudden changes of temperature. Against
these evils of sudden changes wooden I'M
dergarments afford a trustworthy protec-
enced by the abrupt changes of tempera-
ture that are active around. Their prop
critics are such that they are the poorest
opponents of those changes.
Linen and cotton, on the other hand,
good conductors of heat, are susceptible of
notifications of temperature. They rem
der the body i~njuriously du conrdt with
the condition of the surrounding atmos-
phere, and would encourage it to take
part in all the changes of temperature to
which the atmosphere is susceptible.
These, then, are among the reasons why
it is recommended that at all times WOOL
en- materials should be worn next to the
skin, and from these facts it will be un-
derstood why wooden clothing is advised
for those who visit the arctic region, While
it forms the best material for undertakes
for such as are exposed to the tropics
The Book Of Health.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

CARE OF HoRsEs.-To use a common
place term, more horses in this country are
allowed to rust out than are worn out.
While you are searching for a horse that
is really worn out by hard work you may
pass by a dozen which, from idleness and
lack of exercise, have become impaired in
health and vigor. When we speak OF hor-
ses worn out by hard work we do not mean
that class that are found in street cars and
other similar places, where the work is not
half so injurious as the way in which they
are treated by those who use them, and the
manner in which they are fed, or starved
would more properly express it in many
cases. Taking the durability and constitu-
ton of the general class of horses through
out the country into consideration, it is
not hard to conclude that with proper treat
ment and plenty of good food there are
but few of them ever actually worn out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

OLD FARM WAGONs.-A good, strong
and always reliable wagon is a necessity to
every farmer. The loss by breakages and
cost Of repairs or setting tires and the like
on many old wagons kept in use from mis-
taken ideas of economy, will pay heavy in
terest on a new one. Unless this is kept
under shelter, however, when not in use,
it will soon become dilapidated. A coat
of paint once a year will not only make it
look new but will keep it firm and solid
for many years. A shrewd wagon maker
used often to remark that it was not for
his interest to have n%eighboring farmers
buy his wares. Those sold several miles
distant he did not regret but he kept a
repair shop as we'll, and he could make
more from nearby farmers, repairing
their old wagons than from selling them
new Ones.-CuItiUatOr.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

CORN AND MEAL FOR CoWs.-Corn is
a fat producing food and ifa cow in milk
is fed literally Of corn or corn meal she
will gradually fatten, and diminish in the
yield of milk. Remember this and 90
not make the mistake of feeding too much
corn.
1t has been found by experiment that
meal will pass through the digestive Or
gans quicker than hay, and that if the
meal is fed to the animal on an empty
stomach, it passes away before it is fully
digested, but if fed after hay it becomes
mingled with it, and more benefit is de-
rived. Do not allow animals to take
much water Immediately after feeding
The WeStern Rurdl.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

AN EXPERTS OPINION OF EXERCISE
Take the heart-itself a very bundle OF
muscular fbers. We know that as long
as we live, whether sleeping or walking
that wonderful organ keeps up its wonder
full contractions and expansions. But,
when we use our muscles their contrac-
tile force upon the blood-vessels helps the
blood along it's channels, and thus takes
a little labor from the %propelling heart.
1t beats faster but with less effort. While
helping the heart, muscular exercise helps
the lungs also. More exercise means for
the lungs more breath that is more air
inspired and more carbonic-acid gas eX-
pired. BY deeper breathings the lnvolun-
tary muscles are strengthened.
While the lungs and heart are doing bet
ter work under the stimulus of muscular
exercise, the heart pumping the blood
more certainly to the farthermost tissue OF
the body and the lung more rapidly purl-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

MAKING HAY.-The man who makes
hay while the sun shines is the man who
gets rich. He is n of your provident
farmers, who b~elievesin keeping his work.
ing animals in the very best condition, and
in having plenty of milk and butter and
cream and buttermilk for his children and
the rest of his household. What is a farm
without milk and butter and chickens and
eggs and homemade hams and bacon ?
And yet there are many such, we are sor-
ry to say, many farms where milk is sell
dom seen and butter never; where con-
densed milk is a staple at breakfast, din
ner and supper. To change all this, hay
is the one thing necessary-home-made
hay. Therefore, every encouragement
possible should be given to the making of
it.-Memphis Appeal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
ANDREW JoHNsON'S BIRTHPLACE.

EX-PreSldent Andrew JOhnSO was DOrn
in the city of Raleigh, N. c., in a house
which has long since been demolished,
and which stood on the lot now occupied
by a dry goods store on Fayetteville street.
After johnson became President the Fed
eral officers and men stationed in Raleigh
in 1865 naturally took considerable interest
in his early history, and one day two off,
GERS called on old Mrs. Susan Stewart and
ly life of the President, saying that they
known him in his youth. The old lady
replied that she had known Andrew and
his parents, and that she had named him.
She said that at the time of his birth his
parents lived on the back part of her moth
er's lot, which was on Fayetteville street,
about where the store now stands, as stated
before; that she, Mrs. Stewart, was a gay
young woman, and one night, when dress
ing for q ball, received a message from
Polly Johnson asking her to come and
look at her new baby. She went and
found Polly the mother of a fine boy. At
ter admiring the future President she ask
ed his mother what she had named him.
Polly replied "Miss Susan, as you made
all his little clothes for him 1 want you to
name him." Miss Susan said "Well,
Polly, I will name him Andrew Melon
ald"-after the hero of a novel she was
then reading. Jake johnson, Polly's hus-
band, was sitting by the fire and said :
"Miss Susan, don't give him such a long
name; I will never recollect it. Call him
plain Andrew" And that is the way he
got his name, according to the venerable
lady. Mrs. Stewart further said tothe two
curious officers: "Gentlenen, you are in
the army of that same Andrew Johnson !;
I wish you would tell him that the old
woman who gave him the first rag that
ever covered his nakedness, and who
named him, is now tottering on the brink
of the grave, and that she would like to
see her grandson, George Whiting, who IS
a Confederate prisoner Of war, once more
before she dies" The above facts were re-
lated to your correspondent by that same
George Whiting, after his release from
prison on Johnson's Island.
The late Chief Justice Rufin is anthori-
ty for saying that Chief Justice Leonard
Henderson was the father of Andrew john
son, and not United States Senator William
H. Haywood, as was generally believed.
Judge Rufin said that this information
was impaired to him by Judge Henderson
and then by Polly Johnson. At all events
that question, which is said to tax the pow
ers of the wisest child, greatly vexed Pres
ident Johnson, because when he came out
to Raleigh to be present at the erection OF
a monument over Jacob johnson, his
mothers husband, in his speech he said
that he had come to the place Of his birth
to do honor to the man who sis said to be
my father" The antiquarians of the town
were greatly divided as to the exact loca-
ton of the grave, and Col. James Fontle-
roy Taylor, among others, contended that
the monument was erected in the wrong
place.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

He USED TIA trampish looking man
with a particularly dirty face was hanging
about 8 Woodward avenue grocery the
other day, when a clerk observed:
"If you had q bar of soap could you
make good use of it,"
"You betw was the prompt reply.
He was handed one and went OFT. In
about an hour he returned, his face as
dirty as before, and the clerk exclaimed:
"You never used a bit of that soap ~
"You asked me to make good use OF 1t.
So I did. I traded it for something to
wash over four weeks dust out of my
throat. This dirt on my face isn't three
DAYS old yet.n-DeroI Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

THE Corn AvERAGE.-In South Caro-
lima the average yield of corn is eight
bushels per acre. In North Carolina it is
twelve bushels in Georgia, nine bushels.
1t is higher in Tennessee than any other
Southern State, there running up to tWen-
ty bushels. In the Northern States, Kan
sas has the best record, her average yield
being 364 bushels Nebraska comes next
with Sc bushels. Pennsylvania makes the
best showing of all the Middle States, with
an average Of 2S4 bushels, closely followed
by New Jersey with % bushels. There is
plenty of room left for better farming all
over the country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06

PRACTICAL ADvIcE.-The following
practical advice, clipped from the Augusta
Chronicle, is good just at this time: me
season is acknowledgement cow peas with a
liberal hand. They are cheap, they make
the best hay, they are prolific. Plant free
ly, gather the peas, then turn under the
vines. The latter makes a most excellent
fertilizer. If you plant for forage, better
cut the vines, better cut while in bloom.
In broad-casting, sow German millet or
Amber cane with peas. This will give
YOU q splendid forage mixed to order.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-06
A A

VATHY is it that three bottles Of B. B. B. are
w sold in Atlanta to one of any other blood
remedy, and twice as much consumed in the
State Of Georgia as any other preparation ? No
one need to take our word, but simply ask the
druggists. Ask the people. They are compe-
tent witnesses. Six houses in Atlanta are buy
ing B. B. B. in five and ten gross lots, and some
of them buy as often as every two months.
Why these unprecedented sales here at home
with so little advertising? Modesty forbids us
making a reply. Had B. B. B. been before the
public a quarter or half a century, 1t would
not be necessary to be bolstered up with crutch-
es of page advertisements now. Merit will